F  C7  F  Bb F

[Verse 1]
   F               Am
No matter how they taunt you
    Dm     C         F
you musn't blame the young
               Dm
for being very beautiful
    Gm     F       Bb
and having so much fun
     Bb              C7
they dance around in discotheques
     Bb             C
they sing salacious songs
     Db              Eb7
they prance about on playing fields
     Db              C
with next to nothing on
           F              Am
they don't see the hidden dangers
     Dm       C     F
that keep the old indoors
     Bb             Dm
they all want to be famous
       Gm         F         Bb
though they don't know what for
     Bb              C
they do not fear the sting of life
    Bb                C
for they've yet to be stung
   F     C         F     Bb F
so don't blame the young

[Chorus]
Fm             Bb                 Cm
teachers don't give them too much homework
Fm            Bb               Cm
parents don't give them a hard time
    Db              Eb                   Ab
for soon they'll be stressing bout their own work
    Db              Bbm                  G7     C7
and dreaming of the lives and loves they left behind

[Verse 2]
   F                Am
so even though they flaunt it
Dm           C         F
please don't blame the young
     Bb             Dm
for seeming quite undaunted
       Gm       F         Bb
By the shape of things to come
        Bb              C
They're wedded to their mobiles
         Bb                  C
You cant turn the damn thing on
    F     C              F  Bb F
But don't blame the young

[Bridge]
F  Am  Dm E F
Bb Dm  Gm F Bb
C  C7

[Chorus]
Fm             Bb                 Cm
teachers don't give them too much homework
Fm            Bb               Cm
parents don't give them a hard time
    Db              Eb        Eb7        Ab
for soon they'll be stressing bout their own work
    Db              Bbm                  G7     C7
and dreaming of the lives and loves they left behind

[Verse 3]
   F              Am
so even when they tell you
     Dm        C             F
"you just dont know what its like
   Bb                Dm
to be this young and virile
     Gm     F       Bb
this fervor full of life"
  Bb           C
resist the overwhelming urge
   Bb                C
to punch them in the face
         Db                 Eb7
screaming "I would give you every penny
            Db                C
I have ever made to take your place"
          F                    Am
Cause you know that they won't listen
    Dm    C     F
the young never do
Bb                Dm
they will live forever
          Gm    F       Bb
they will never be like you
           Bb          C
and with advances in genetics
        Bb                C
who are we to say they're wrong
   F     C         Dm
No don't blame the young
Db
you can pity them
F        C         F       Bbm F
but dont blame the young